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The following statistics about anxiety disorders are taken from HealthyPlace.Com.

-Anxiety Disorders are the most common types of mental disorders in the United States. 19.1 million people of the 303,824,640 people in the US, which is about 13.3% of the population, suffer from an anxiety disorder.

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aaa-Generalized Anxiety Disorder

aaaaaa-4 million people, 2.8% of the population

aaa-Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

aaaaaa-3.3 million, 2.3% of the population external image moz-screenshot.jpg

aaa-Panic Disorder78

aaaaaa-2.4 million, 1.7% of the population

aaa-Post Traumatic Disorder

aaaaaa-5.2, 3.6% of the population

aaa-Social Anxiety Disorder

aaaaaa-5.3, 3.7% of the population

aaa-Specific Phobias

aaaaaa-6.3, 4.4% of the population

aaa-Unidentified Phobis

aaaaaa-11.5, 8% of the American adult population

-In the United States, about 42 billion dollars, 33% of the 148 billion dollars is spent on treatment of anxiety disorder.

-People who have an anxiety disorder are 3-5 times more likely to go to the doctor and they are 6 times more likely to be hospitalized for psychiatric disorders than those who do not have it.


Future Prognosis- From observations over the years, doctors and scientists have determined that recovery from anxiety disorders depends on these factors:

  • the specific disorder
  • the specific causes of the anxiety
  • the severity of the symptoms the patient has
  • the degree of control of the causes from the patient








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